SECURED FINANCE NETWORK - Key Persons
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- Member of the Board
- Managing Director at Waterfall Asset Management, LLC
Andrea Petro is a managing director at Waterfall Asset Management, LLC, where she leads the Specialty Commercial Finance Group for the firm. Andrea began her commercial lending career with First City National Bank of Houston. Andrea began lending to specialty finance companies at Transamerica Business Credit in 1992, and in 2000 established the Lender Finance Division of Wells Fargo Capital Finance, which she led for 17 years.
Andrea is the past president of the Secured Finance Network and is a member of the SFNET Board of Directors. She is currently a member of the Secured Finance Network Education Foundation Board of Directors. She is also a member of the M.S. Advisory Council of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Andrea graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree from Kent State University and received a master of business administration from The University of Texas at Austin.
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- Diversity, Equality and Inclusiveness
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- Member of the Board
- Associate, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Bethani was named a member of the inaugural class of the Secured Finance Network's 40 Under 40 Award winners in September, 2016.
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- Member of the Board
- Foundation Board Chairman, Secured Finance Foundation
- Membership & Education Foundation Advisor
- Secured Finance Foundation
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- Member of the Education Committee
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- Member of the Convention Committee
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- Member of the Marketing Committee
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Director
- Member of the Board
- Secured Finance Foundation
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- Member of the Advocacy Committee
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- Business Development Director
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- Member of the Nominating Committee
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- Director, Conferences & Events
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- First Vice President
- Member of the Board
- President, Gerber Finance
Jennifer joined Gerber in 2006 as a business development and marketing associate charged with cultivating new relationships with companies that would benefit from financing with Gerber. As a recent law school graduate who had intended on working in art or fashion, she did not expect to work in finance, but was hungry for an entrepreneurial venture where she could truly make her mark.
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- Member of the Data Committee
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- Member of the Membership Committee
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- Member of the Board
- Board Members
- Partner, Hahn & Hessen LLP
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- Member of the Board
- Co - Founder, COO & Head of Capital Markets at InterNex Capital
Lin is the co-founder, COO & head of Capital Markets at InterNex Capital. InterNex Capital is an asset-based digital lender specializing in revolving lines of credit up to $5 million for small and mid-sized businesses. Lin is a seasoned structured finance/capital markets executive and business leader with over 20 years global experience.
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- Member of the Board
- Managing Director in Wells Fargo Capital
- Managing Director, Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Lindsay Offutt is a managing director in Wells Fargo Capital Finance's Loan Sales and Syndications group. She is responsible for the syndication of asset-based transactions, supplier finance programs, and channel finance facilities. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Capital Finance in 2019, Lindsay spent 15 years with Wells Fargo Securities. In the Investment Grade Loan Syndications group, she was responsible for the origination, structuring, and distribution of senior revolving credit, term loan, and bridge facilities for industrial companies. Lindsay began her career as an analyst in the Defense, Aerospace, and Technology Services Investment Banking group. She joined a Wells Fargo predecessor in 2004.
Lindsay currently sits on the SFNet Foundation's Board of Directors.
Lindsay earned a bachelor of arts degree magna cum laude in French from Davidson College. She is based in Charlotte, NC, where she lives with her husband and young daughter.
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- Marketing Program Manager
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- Director of Communications
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- Management Committee / President
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board
- CEO, Secured Finance Foundation
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- International Finance and Development
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- Member of the Factoring Committee
- White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC
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- Entrepreneurial Committee Chair
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- Member of the Board
- President & CEO, Allied Financial Corporation
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- Member of the Board
- Managing Director, Wells Fargo Capital Finance
- Member of Wells Fargo Foothill 's Lender Finance
Stewart Hayes joined Wells Fargo in 2000 as an original member of Wells Fargo Foothill's Lender Finance unit. His current responsibilities include the development of new lending relationships for specialty finance companies, with his primary focus on the central and midwestern states. Hayes previously served as portfolio manager for the Lender Finance division. He has over 27 years of experience in the asset-based lending industry, including significant experience in lending to specialty finance companies. His prior experience includes more than 16 years at Bank of America Commercial Finance, including executive management positions at both its Business Credit and Factoring divisions. Hayes is a graduate of Texas Tech University.
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- Member of the Young Professionals Committee
- Wingspire Capital
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- Member of the Board
- Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP